Lets get started with the Reading Comprehensions for Cat 2012
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Throughout human history the leading causes of death have been infection and trauma. Modem medicine has scored significant victories against both, and the major causes of ill h
1. Why are a large number of apparently healthy people deemed pre-ill?
4. There is a lengthy latency period associated with chronically degenerative diseases
2. Type-B malnutrition is a serious concern in developed countries because
2. it is a major contributor to illness and death.
3. Tailoring micronutrient-based treatment plans to suit individual deficiency profiles is not necessary because
3. most people are consuming suboptimal amounts of safe-to-consume micronutrients.
4. The author recommends micronutrient-repletion for large-scale treatment of chronic degenerative diseases because
2. micronutrient deficiency is the cause of these diseases.

1. Why are a large number of apparently healthy people deemed pre-ill?
1. They may have chronic degenerative diseases.
2. They do not know their own genetic risk factors which predispose them to diseases.
3. They suffer from Type-B malnutrition.
4. There is a lengthy latency period associated with chronically degenerative diseases
2. Type-B malnutrition is a serious concern in developed countries because
1. developing countries mainly suffer from Type-A malnutrition.
2. it is a major contributor to illness and death.
3. pharmaceutical companies are not producing drugs to treat this-condition.
4. national surveys on malnutrition do not include newer micronutrient groups.
3. Tailoring micronutrient-based treatment plans to suit individual deficiency profiles is not necessary because
1. it very likely to give inconsistent or negative results.
2. it is a classic pharmaceutical approach not suited to micronutrients.
3. most people are consuming suboptimal amounts of safe-to-consume micronutrients.
4. it is not cost effective to do so.
4. The author recommends micronutrient-repletion for large-scale treatment of chronic degenerative diseases because
1. it is relatively easy to manage.
2. micronutrient deficiency is the cause of these diseases.
3. it can overcome genetic risk factors.
4. it can compensate for other lifestyle factors.
Passage from CAT
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Analyse the following passage and provide an appropriate answer for the questions 46 through 48 that follow.
When we speak of the "probability of death", the exact meaning of the experience can be defined in the following way only. We must not think of an individual, but of this expression can be defined in the following way only. We must not think of an individual, but of a certain class as a whole, eg., "all insured men forty-one years old living in a given country and not engaged in certain dangerous occupations." A probability of death is attached to the class of men or to another class that can be defined in a similar way. We can say nothing about the probability of death of an individual even if we know this condition of life and health in detail. The phrase "probability of death", which it refers to a single person, has no meaning at all.
46. Which of the following conclusions can be drawn from the passage?
1. Singular, non replicable events can be assigned numerical probability value.
2. Probability calculation requires data of the class of people or of events.
3. The data about a class of events can be used to predict the future of any specific event.
(1) 1 only (2) 2 only (3) 1 and 2 (4) 2 and 3 (5) 1 and 3
47. Which of the following statements would the author(s) disagree to the most? The outcome of a boxing match to be held in Los Angeles between two boxers, Joe and Mark, belonging to two different boxing clubs can be analysed and an outcome can be assigned a numerical value:
(1) if assignment of the boxers' current fitness levels and their strengths is done by experts.
(2) by analysis of outcomes of fights between the boxers belonging to the two clubs.
(3) by analysis of outcomes of fights between the two boxers at different venues.
(4) by comparing of outcomes of fights between the two boxers against same opponents.
(5) by analysis of outcomes of fights between the two boxers at the same venue in Los Angeles.
48. Which of the following statements would the author(s) agree to the most? The outcome of a boxing match to be held in Los Angeles between two boxers, Joe and Mark, belonging to two different boxing clubs can be analysed and an outcome can be assigned a numerical value:
(1) if assignment of the boxers' current fitness levels and their strengths is done by experts.
(2) by analysis of outcomes of fights between the boxers belonging to the two clubs.
(3) by analysis of outcomes of fights between the two boxers at different venues.
(4) by comparing of outcomes of fights between the two boxers against same opponents.
(5) by analysis of outcomes of fights between the two boxers at the same venue in Los Angeles.
RC 3
1. Having read the passage what could be the meaning of the following words? Or say - Give 2 synonyms for each.
a) disparaging- critical(as in criticizing), scornful
b) inflammatory- fiery, rousing(or stirring)
c) defamatory- maligning, slanderous
d) maligned- smear, libel
e) proactive- involved
2) Which paragraph in the RC talks about an "anonymous tip"?
- The first paragraph
3) Mr Sibal prefers human beings to screen content and not technology. Does the passage mention why?
No
4) What are the 2 reasons for refusal to censor given by the Internet Companies? What is the solution to the problem given by them?
- Such a huge amount of data cannot be thoroughly examined
-Internet Companies are not the ones to decide what is right
Solution: Setting up of a set of guidelines governing the rules of public posting on the internet which should be directional in nature and i dont think there is a solution to the data volumes being managed, policing it is like asking the police to see to ensure that citizens are well mannered.
5) Who is Gulshan Rai?
the director general of Indias cyber-security monitor
6) What other similar measures has the Indian government taken to regulate content. Have they been succesful?
-The instance of the Indian government asking RIM to give it real time access to its instant messaging service
-RIM has already provided for lawful intercept of instant messaging, and email accounts hosted on its BlackBerry Enterprise Servers (BES). However, where a corporation runs its own BES then the encryption keys are only shared between the server and the handset: RIM delivers the messages, but has no way to decrypt them.
(source: India calls RIM's bluff on email access ? The Register)
My answers are in bold. I am not so good at English/va, but ready to work towards improving it. I am in, Will try to be regular on the thread.
Nice initiative Tanveer sir. Sir, as XAT is soon coming up and is known for its bewildering RC's, it would be really nice of you sir, if you post rc's related to XAT and help in cracking them.
Thanks a lot again, Saar..!!
1. Having read the passage what could be the meaning of the following words? Or say - Give 2 synonyms for each.
a) disparaging - Annoying, (this is closer to insulting
b) inflammatory - provocative
c) defamatory - malign,derogatory also has legal liability for maligning
d) maligned - rabble-rousing , spoiling somebody's name
e) proactive - mutually beneficial, we could have a better meaning
2) Which paragraph in the RC talks about an "anonymous tip"?
- First paragraph
3) Mr Sibal prefers human beings to screen content and not technology. Does the passage mention why?
- No
4) What are the 2 reasons for refusal to censor given by the Internet Companies? What is the solution to the problem given by them?
- Internet companies are not in the bushiness of judging what is right and what is wrong.
- Without huge amount of data being generated, it is not possible to monitor entire data
solution?
5) Who is Gulshan Rai?
- Director General of India's Cyber Monitoring Cell
6) What other similar measures has the Indian government taken to regulate content. Have they been succesful?
- Setting up of Cyber Monitor cell in Mumbai for monitoring data genrated by Google and other such sites. anything else RIM??
1. Having read the passage what could be the meaning of the following words? Or say - Give 2 synonyms for each.
a) disparaging - Annoying,
b) inflammatory - provocative
c) defamatory - malign,derogatory
d) maligned - rabble-rousing ,
e) proactive - mutually beneficial,
2) Which paragraph in the RC talks about an "anonymous tip"?
- First paragraph
3) Mr Sibal prefers human beings to screen content and not technology. Does the passage mention why?
- No
4) What are the 2 reasons for refusal to censor given by the Internet Companies? What is the solution to the problem given by them?
- Internet companies are not in the bushiness of judging what is right and what is wrong.
- Without huge amount of data being generated, it is not possible to monitor entire data
5) Who is Gulshan Rai?
- Director General of India's Cyber Monitoring Cell
6) What other similar measures has the Indian government taken to regulate content. Have they been succesful?
- Setting up of Cyber Monitor cell in Mumbai for monitoring data genrated by Google and other such sites.
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The Indian government has asked Internet companies and social media sites like Facebook to prescreen user content from India and to remove disparaging, inflammatory or defamatory content before it goes online, three executives in the information technology industry say. Top officials from the Indian units of Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and Facebook are meeting with Kapil Sibal, Indias acting telecommunications minister, on Monday afternoon to discuss the issue, say two executives of Internet companies. The executives asked not to be identified because they are not authorized to speak to the media on the issue. Mr. Sibals office confirmed that he would meet with Internet service providers Monday but did not provide more information about the content of the meeting. (1)
About six weeks ago, Mr. Sibal called legal representatives from the top Internet service providers and Facebook into his New Delhi office, said one of the executives who was briefed on the meeting.At the meeting, Mr. Sibal showed attendees a Facebook page that maligned the Congress Partys president, Sonia Gandhi. This is unacceptable, he told attendees, the executive said, and he asked them to find a way to monitor what is posted on their sites. In the second meeting with the same executives in late November, Mr. Sibal told them that he expected them to use human beings to screen content, not technology, the executive said. (2)
The three executives said Mr. Sibal has told these companies that he expects them to set up a proactive prescreening system, with staffers looking for objectionable content and deleting it before it is posted.The executives said representatives from these companies will tell Mr. Sibal at the meeting on Monday that his demand is impossible, given the volume of user-generated content coming from India, and that they cannot be responsible for determining what is and isnt defamatory or disparaging. (3)
If theres a law and theres a court order, we can follow up on it, said an executive from one of the companies attending the meeting. But these companies cant be in the business of deciding what is and isnt legal to post, he said.Yahoo, Facebook and Microsoft did not respond immediately to calls for comment, and a Google spokeswoman said the company had no comment on the issue. Facebook said earlier this year it has more than 25 million users in India. Google has over 100 million Internet users in India. (4)
The demand is the Indian governments latest attempt to monitor and control electronic information. In April, the ministry issued rules demanding Internet service providers delete information posted on Web sites that officials or private citizens deemed disparaging or harassing. Last year, the government battled with Blackberrys manufacturer, Research In Motion, threatening to shut the companys service off in India if it did not allow government officials greater access to users messages.The Indian government also plans to set up its own unit to monitor information posted on Web sites and social media sites, executives said, which will report to Gulshan Rai, the director general of Indias cyber-security monitor. (5)
Some Indian cities like Mumbai have already set up special units to monitor Internet sites like Facebook and Orkut, the social networking site operated by Google, for content considered disparaging or obscene. India has made nearly 70 requests to Google to remove content between January and June of this year, one of the highest request rates of any country though less than the United Statess 92 and Brazils 224, according to Googles transparency report.
Source:India Asks Google, Facebook to Screen User Content - NYTimes.com
Koi post hi nahi karta....mujhe hi start karna padega.....:sneaky::sneaky:
RC-1
Throughout human history the leading causes of death have been infection and trauma......




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